The struggle for equality: essays on sectional conflict, the Civil War, and the long reconstruction

This collection of essays, organized around the theme of the struggle forequality in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, also serves to honorthe renowned Civil War historian James McPherson.

Complete with a brief interview with thecelebrated scholar, this volume reflects the best aspects of McPherson's work, while castingnew light on the struggle that has served as the animating force of his lifetime of scholarship.

With a chronological span from the 1830s to the 1960s, the contributions bear witness to thecontinuing vigor of the argument over equality.

Contributors>:Orville Vernon Burton, Clemson University * Tom Carhart, Independent Scholar * CatherineClinton, Queen's University Belfast * Thomas C.

Cox, University of Southern California *Bruce Dain, University of Utah * John M.

Giggie, University of Alabama * Michele Gillespie,Wake Forest University * Joseph T.

Glatthaar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill *Brian Greenberg, Monmouth University * James K.

Hogue, University of North Carolina, Charlotte* Judith A.

Hunter, State University of New York, Geneseo * Ryan P.

Jordan, University ofSan Diego * Philip M. Katz, American Association of Museums * Monroe H. Little, IndianaUniversity-Purdue University Indianapolis * Peyton McCrary, U.S.

Department of Justice *Jerald Podair, Lawrence University * Jennifer L.

Weber, University of Kansas * Ronald C. White Jr., University of California Los Angeles